[MR] heraldry - Colin's request of the heralds

[Barbara Bilodeau]

Gee, I'm not even a herald and I'm feeling insulted by that one! 
Having watched heralds at work doing the LOIs, I sincerely doubt that
they've ever picked up a submission and said "this guy is sarcastic - so
lets make it really hard for him."

I personally don't consider the submission standards particularly
onerous.  I think I can handle using the correct forms and coloring them
in, if only because if *I* don't do the work for my submission, then I
am thrusting that effort onto someone else.  I would find it highly
discourteous of me to assume that someone else would take the effort to
fix up my drawings - when, if I can't draw, and I myself can take the
effort to find a scribe who can.  If a herald were to fix up only my
submission forms, it is sweet generosity.  If they try to fix up
everyone's, it is insanity.

I don't find it wrong for a group that is providing a service to
establish some ground rules to make the service run smoothly and lessen
the burden on the volunteers.  When our band provides music for dancing,
it is with the understanding that sometime during the ball we musicians
are going to want a break to get some water and move around a bit.  It
doesn't just help the musicians: the rest allows us to play the next set
better.  I'm sure a parallel could be drawn here.

Anne of Carthew

Mike Ruttle wrote:
> 
>           Colin G
>           (who will never get arms past again)
> 
>      I'm sorry the College of Heralds has left you feeling like
>      having your arms
>      registered is an impossibility.    Of course there is always
>      the Sacrament of
>      Reconcilliation. ;-)
> 
> I meant that I will never get my arms past again BECAUSE I'm sarcastic
> and challenging the heraldic dogma surrounding the (hand over heart)
> submission guidelines.
> 
> Confessing murder to my priest would be easier than ensuring that:
> 1)  the form is not reduced by one percentage point when making
> copies;
> 2)  all lines in the rendering are at least 4 pixels wide (or the
> width of a #2 pencil when laid on its side and viewed from above);
> 3)  the design can be grokked by a nearsighted lawyer when the 8.5 by
> 11 piece of paper is reproduced and shrunk to the size of postage
> stamp (never mind that we are forbidden to take such steps on our
> own...see point #1);
> 4)  if someone who hasn't been a paid member since dirt was young
> registered a device that when set side by side and looked at under a
> black light seems to have only one point of difference;
> 5)  I must use the dirty, chewed on Crayola my 18 month son just
> finished using to create what could be described, with a liberal
> interpretation, as Byzantine iconography on my kitchen wall and THEN
> have the whole thing rejected for style because I don't draw well.
> 
> All I'm saying is this: Please find ways to make it easier for people
> to have fun, get what they want and find satisfaction from the working
> with the Heralds. It's all about customer service.
> 
> Colin G